KEMPES Claim Director to Speak at ABA Conference

Janice Stein, KEMPES’ claim director, will be a panelist addressing “Sued Lawyers — Our Valued Clients or Our Neglected Constituency?” at the American Bar Association’s National Legal Malpractice Conference, Sept. 12-14, 2001 in La Jolla, Calif.

The panel will talk about the pros and cons of being defended by their professional liability insurers. They will present from their prospective the professional, personal and financial impact of a malpractice suit, and compare and contrast that perspective with that of the insurer and the defense attorney.

Stein handles high exposure legal malpractice claims, and also oversees high value claims on all KEMPES professional liability programs, which currently include programs for lawyers, title agents, directors and officers, union officials and health and human services professionals.

KEMPES, the program-specific subsidiary of the Kemper Insurance Cos., offers through its network of selected program managers, a diverse portfolio of customized specialty insurance programs focused on professional liability, public entity and property & casualty coverages.

Program insurance is written through Specialty National Insurance Co. and Specialty Surplus Insurance Co., subsidiaries of KEMPES Inc. KEMPES is part of the Kemper Insurance Cos. which has 2000 revenues totaling $4.8 billion and assets of $9.4 billion. Kemper is rated “A” by A.M. Best, Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s.